Cultured Mongrel is the creative handle for the artistic practice of Emma Jayne Park;dancer, theatre maker, collaborator and micro-activist.

From her base in Scotland she works locally, nationally, internationally and as Associate Artist with The Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival; one of the world's largest social justice arts festivals.

'High octane... energetic, witty and playful' (The Skinny) she uses physicality as a catalyst for connection and makes performance that brings attention to the critical issues facing society today.

Tackling challenging themes, her work connects with audiences through its authenticity, honesty and an underlying aim of creating spaces for dialogue about the complex matters that impact our everyday lives.

Her artistic research focuses on themes including identity, failure, autobiography, authorship and re-authorship, rescaling performance, intersectionality and cultural change.

An afternoon session discussing the issues surrounding wellbeing within the Scottish performance sector: learn from the practice of others and share experiences in a confidential space. Facilitated by Emma Jayne Park.

I said I’d never make a show about having cancer. This is a show about having cancer. Aged 30, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. This is part of the story, but It’s Not Over Yet...Directed by Charlotte Vincent.Commissioned by The BENCH.

The young audience and their families arrive to a disaster; the cast, costume and set strewn everywhere! New to earth, the cast need taught how to move, what to wear and how to rebuild their escape vehicle; it’s up to the Experts In Short Trousers to make sure the job gets done!

With hindsight it is easy to see how history has repeated itself but what happens when life throws you a curve ball of meteoric proportion? Exploring grief, change and our relationship with home, Here Before Now combines movement and text with live music from composer Nik Paget-Tomlinson.

An exploration of gender roles, gender identity and sexual orientation in modern life, questioning the point at which the comical stereotype becomes harmful, the action becomes unacceptable and the ability for a person to forever be in a state of transformation. Created using #TheSoloFilter.

As I return to the laborious process of trying to fundraise to support platforms for other artists and early stage ideas, I am thinking about money. More specifically, I am thinking about the cost of the events where the work of artists in discussed, often in the absence of artists.

The trickle down effect of the creative sector being under-resourced is that on a daily basis independent artists are having to work harder become more 'entrepreneurial' - a contradiction in terms, surely?Image by Tiu Makonnen.

In the inspiration generation, I think we make huge assumptions of how we should feel. Lifechanging clarity definitely brings mindfulness but mindfulness does not always equate to asense of overwhelming calm